MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: The Duke on August 27, 2015, 09:33:59 am

Title: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 27, 2015, 09:33:59 am
You've probably seen this one before..... Im now the new owner of AlanD's old MK5

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 27, 2015, 09:41:06 am
I've been busy since buying it 3 weeks ago, so far ive done the following:

It's the little things...
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Then i got a bit ambitious...

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I also did some some updates to the engine.

From this:

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To This: PCV Revamp, Forge Twintake, New battery surround (2nd hand), a good service and engine cover tidy up.

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Now she seems to fly along the road, what with all the other work done by the previous owner. Still to come, open airvents, Forge high flow kit to delete the DV, 034 Motorsport solid dogbone mount, new headlight (to get rid of the dull one on the car) and some interior tidying up. more pics to come.
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: paulg300986 on August 27, 2015, 03:15:05 pm
What's that forge black plate? Looking good by the way
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: white91 on August 27, 2015, 03:36:15 pm
Good work on the tidy up, are you selling the carbon intake?


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 27, 2015, 04:36:20 pm
Already sold it on ebay, think it went for about £135 - which is good, because the twintake was £400!!!  :surprised:
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 28, 2015, 09:05:59 am
Quote from: paulg300986 on August 27, 2015, 03:15:05 pm
What's that forge black plate? Looking good by the way

PCV Deleted - Revamp kit
Title: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 30, 2015, 08:41:48 am
Forge high flow valve:

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I have started with wrapping the intake pipe with heat reflective aluminium tape. I've done this with the hope that once the engine is up to temp the air going in should stay a little cooler for a bit longer, what with the twintercooler set up too.

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Title: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 01, 2015, 09:33:47 am
Continued installation:

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My 034 Motorsport dogbone mount:

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Old:

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New:

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Shiney new window switches, ooh the excitement

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And finally a shot of the front with new fogs and open lower grill vents

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: white91 on September 01, 2015, 10:39:25 am
Where did you get the switches from mate?


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 01, 2015, 11:03:12 am
Good old eBay, about £10 and a few days to ship from Europe


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: paulg300986 on September 02, 2015, 05:40:19 pm
That last pic looks mint mate. Is they a big diff in sound from that forge dv?
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 02, 2015, 06:05:30 pm
It's actually pretty subtle, not a stupidly big dump valve sound, Ive noticed a difference in performance too, which probably meant the previous dv was faulty.


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: Alex.J on September 02, 2015, 09:24:34 pm
Great work!

Im following a similar route with mine!

Hopefully get a thread up soon!
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 02, 2015, 09:57:07 pm
More the merrier :)


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: paulg300986 on September 02, 2015, 11:34:18 pm
What's the price on one of these kits
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 02, 2015, 11:39:23 pm
For the high flow valve kit? They are about £200-£250 somewhere around that price. Got mine from awesome GTi


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 07, 2015, 09:03:31 am
Gave her a wash!!

Meguiars ultimate wash
Chamois dry
Meguiars quick clay claybar kit
Chamois dry
T-cut colour fast black
Remove excess
Autoglym ultra deep shine
Remove excess
Meguiars Tech wax NXT 2.0
Remove excess
T-cut colour seal

Took about 4 hours in total, hopefully should stay clean for a while - didn't have the heart to clean the wheels after this marathon..

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This morning at work - bit of condensation on the roof.

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: Matthewsarg on September 08, 2015, 10:30:19 pm
Looks really good, what paint code is that? It's very black! I like
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 09, 2015, 06:18:05 pm
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I would tell you the colour code, unfortunately this is not easy to read.


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Title: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on February 22, 2016, 02:54:39 pm
One last picture before the coil-overs and new wheels go on this week

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 05, 2016, 11:16:34 am
New parts have arrived:
Wheels
Coilovers
Drop links
Top mounts

Now for the fitting part.... Pics to follow


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 10, 2016, 10:00:49 am
 
New bits....
 
AP Coilovers with new top mounts
 
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New drop links/bolts/locks
 
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New Bola B1 (18x8.5)
 
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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: glasgowdubber on March 10, 2016, 02:32:05 pm
Good thread this, keep it coming  :happy2:
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: fazi123 on March 10, 2016, 04:58:57 pm
I'm liking how this is progressing! keep the updates coming! :happy2:
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 11, 2016, 08:18:22 am
Fitting day, pics to follow


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: gmwongera on March 11, 2016, 11:49:14 am
Looking nice man.   :happy2: :congrats:
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 11, 2016, 07:33:32 pm
Ran out of time today, only got 3 corners done. I've set the coil-overs high for the bedding in period (500) miles or so before the drop.

Firstly, some broken bits....

Took the driver side rear cool out, yup it's knackered!!
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Front drivers side top mount was completely shot too

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Cheap ratchet spanners don't like being hammered...  Oops

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Anyway, on with fitting stuff: passenger rear first, before - looking a bit tired.

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After: repainted caliper, undersealed everything, fitted spring and shock.

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Wheel fitted - Looking a bit jacked up:

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Old Vs New

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: chrisr on March 11, 2016, 08:26:47 pm
Th Bola's are a nice looking wheel, A friend had them on his K1.  Will be interested to see what they look like fully on a Black MK5..

What you doing with the other wheels?  :wink:
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 11, 2016, 08:36:10 pm
Weather permitting I'll get it finished tomorrow.
Will be selling off the old wheels, they are scuffed and some paint is coming off


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: chrisr on March 11, 2016, 08:39:49 pm
Hmm Where abouts are you from?
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 11, 2016, 08:54:09 pm
Devon


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 12, 2016, 05:55:42 pm
Quick picture before the light goes, car needs a damn good clean, but here are a few.

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 20, 2016, 01:50:10 pm
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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 20, 2016, 01:51:37 pm
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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: An0NyMOUs on March 20, 2016, 06:04:04 pm
Looks good! I nearly bought a set of Bola's for my golf. Just not sure how they suit the mk5?
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on March 20, 2016, 06:24:09 pm
They look much better in the flesh, you can't really see the dish in the pictures.


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: Cadders96 on April 28, 2016, 09:50:03 pm
Looks good, quick question where'd you get the intercooler from with the red tubing?
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on April 29, 2016, 03:18:16 am
Good old Ebay


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Title: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 09, 2016, 09:39:04 pm
Time for Stage 2!
Starting with:
Revo engine mounts
3" downpipe
MTec slotted disks and mintex pads
Braided brake lines
A damn good service!!

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 12, 2016, 12:05:12 pm
Engine mounts in:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160812%2F458d2aae08ce7f427b8cbc852fe4ac25.jpg&hash=56814acfb60c6a94329fcde6e4e214b4036ee33f)
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Quick plug swap whilst I'm tinkering, old plugs don't look too bad.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160812%2F84f86f7e44041d88abefcaf867ca2aad.jpg&hash=d98d0f8eaf2ef0f39c2ac367007be8e710e7c72a)

All back together again, time for a quick jaunt to test her out

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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 28, 2016, 08:42:05 am
Engine mounts are amazing, completely change the drive of the car. Down pipe has not made much difference, feeling a suitcase delete is in order.

Today I fitted the MTec brakes and HC red braided hardlines. Also I dropped the car another inch.

Before

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After

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With wheel on

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Then I degreased the engine

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160828%2Fd768a3c416e0fd16493ee13dfc623f30.jpg&hash=8c06e67a7b04f87d9ff81c59c60683480a5100d8)

Will take pictures of new stance once the rain stops.


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: Rippers on August 28, 2016, 10:26:26 pm
Engine bay looks mint. What did you use?
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 29, 2016, 10:54:34 am
I used muck off and a sponge, then I gave it a quick light rinse.

I will also say - hardlines for the brakes, what a difference!!!


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: jon_hill on August 29, 2016, 02:14:18 pm
I'm sure they aren't, but the wheels look huge!
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on August 29, 2016, 08:45:45 pm
18x8.5 - not too huge


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on September 01, 2016, 03:21:32 pm
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160901%2Fc6ba212f6623a4515597dcb64f7ec8b6.jpg&hash=de60d56c3ad6c7a88df1ee7c117f6b5f77f6cfec)

Rear coils wound right down front still have about 30mm left but I can't go any lower, it's started to scrub


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: ducman77 on September 01, 2016, 04:13:44 pm
Gorgeous :smiley:
Bolas suit the 3 door so well :happy2:
Your ride height is perfect. Car is looking super purposeful :congrats:
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on October 28, 2016, 12:41:11 pm
Thank you ducman77


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on November 09, 2016, 12:35:51 pm
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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on November 30, 2016, 11:23:26 am
Stage 2 revo booked for next Friday... bring on the ponies


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Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: Rippers on December 02, 2016, 04:35:21 pm
Excellent news, looking forward to see the numbers.
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: DazG on December 13, 2016, 07:18:12 pm
Looks really nice on those Bola's
Title: Re: My new Black GTi
Post by: The Duke on January 23, 2017, 11:49:01 am
Now for sale  :sad1:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2005-mk5-vw-golf-gti-20t-fsi-black-3-door-6spd-manual/1212157415